Hook for scrap barrels or other articles



June 24; 1930. J. R. (:05 1,766,507

noox FOR SCRAP BARRELS on OTHER ARTICLES Original Filed Feb. 18, 1927 Patented June 24, 1930 warren STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES R. ODE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN BRASS COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT HOOK FOR SCRAP BARRELS OR OTHER ARTICLES Original application filed February 18, 1827, Serial No. 169,208. Divided and this application filed May 16,

This invention relates to barrels, and particularly to a barrel for heavy duty in factories manufacturing metal articles for holding and carrying the scrap and other pieces ofmetal in the process of manufacturing. F orexample, in brass mills or similar mills articles are made from a large number of different alloys, each alloy involving difierent proportions of metals and different metals, and as the scrap is saved and used it is important to keep the scrap for each metal and each alloy separate, and it is, therefore, necessary to have about the mill in various locations where scrap is produced or used a large number of barrels to hold this scrap separate and also to carry it to different departments or locations in the mill where it is to be processed. These barrels are subjected to very severe handling and it has been difficult to make a barrel which would stand up any length of time under this use. It will be obvious that if the carrying means for the barrel should fail during transportation serious damage may result in that various types of alloys may become mixed and also workmen may be seriously injured.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to produce a barrel structure which is sufliciently strong to stand this rough usage.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a barrel which can be more easily and efiicient-ly handled in the mill and transported from one compartment to another.

It is a special object of the invention to provide an improved construction of hook to be applied to the barrels'whereby they may be easily and expeditiously transported throughout the mill.

With the above and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in certain novel features of construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be more fully Serial No. 278,278.

described in connection with the accompanying drawing. In this drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevationof a barrel constructed according to my invention with the lower end or head in section to show the strengthening means.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the barrel looking from the right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a method of cutting and the shape of the blanks from which improved carrying hooks are made.

Fig. t is a front view of this hook removed from the barrel.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same look ing from the right of Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a lower end view of the hook, and

Fig. 7 is a vertical section substantially on line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

This application refers especially to the hook construction and is a division of my prior application for Barrel, Serial No. 169,208, filed February 18, 1927. The barrel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a cylindrical body 10, usually of relatively heavy sheet metal, and closed at its lower end by a head 11 which has a flange 12 riveted to the body. The top edge of the barrel may be strengthened by any suitable means, such as folding it upon itself to form a strengthening flange 13 or by other. suitable strengthening means. The head 11 may be strengthened so that it will not readily bend out of shape and also so that it will be able to hold the heavy weights carried. The barrel head is, therefore, formed with a downwardly extending rib 14 which is channel shaped or substantially U-shape in cross section and constructed and arranged as pointed out in my, prior application above mentioned.

This barrel is provided with a pair of trunnions 15 of any suitable construction, but preferably of a construction described in my parent application above mentioned, and these trunnions are located on diametrically 0 posite sides of the barrel and somewhat a ove the horizontal center line thereof so that when filled the barrel will tend to stand in the upright position. They also facilitate transportation of the barrel by any suitable type of trunnion truck, not shown.

These trucks are ordinarily used for transrting the barrels short distances or carrymg them to a common station where a number of barrels may be simultaneously transported by a special conveyor means to the storage room or any other desirable location. For this urpose the barrels are each provided wit a pair of lifting hooks 16, and these hooks are arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the barrel adjacent the top thereof and in a plane at substantially ri ht angles to the plane of the trunnion, so t at when a number of barrels are brought to a collecting station by the trucks they may be set up in alignment with the hooks on the same side thereof all facing in the same direction. The trunnions of adjacent barrels by engaging at their free ends cooperate to space the barrels at the proper distances apart and indicate the proper arrangement ofthe barrels. This places all of the barrels with their lifting hooks 16 in alignment on each side of the row and properly spaced fromieach other for simultaneous engagement by the loops or hooks 17 on a conveyor ton These tongs are not shown in detail in t is application as they are preferably of the construction shown in my copending ap- J plication, Serial No. 169.208, filed February 18, 1927. These tongs include two simultamousl'y operating sets of loops or hooks 17, one on each side adapted to simultaneously hook onto the rows of hooks on the opposite sides of the line of barrels, and they are moved outwardly and inwardly from and to enga ement with the books by means of suits. e mechanism clearly described and shown 1n said copending application. Thus an entlre line of these barrels may be engaged simultaneously by the loops or books of the tongs carried in one operation to a storage bin or other location desired.

Great difficulty has been experienced in providing hooks which would be reliable and withstand the rough usage and not break or separate from the barrel during the carryin operation, thus spilling the contents o the barrel and perhaps injuring the workmen. To overcome these difficulties I have produced a new construction of hook which is very strong and which may be mannfactured at comparatively low cost. The construction of this hook is shown in detail in Figs. 3 to 7.

The hook is formed from a blank 18 cut from a strip of sheet metal of the proper thickness, usually from a strip of boiler iron. These blanks are cut substantially to the shape shown in Fig. 3 without waste of material. The blank is formed on its lower edge with an extension 19 providing a central tongue, and it will be a parent that in cutting this tongue a similar y shaped notch 20 will be formed in the opposite side edge of the next adjacent blank. The side portions 21 are preferably inclined downwardly as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, although not necessarily so, and the amount of inclination may be varied as is found desirable.

In forming the hook the opposite side portions of the blank are bent backwardly or folded upon themselves alo the vertical central line of the tongue as s iown at 22, to form a hook 23, and then the sides 21 are bent laterally outwardly in opposite directions, as shown at 24, at a suitable distance back from the fold 22. The inclined sides of the tongue and the curve at the top thereof forms by this operation a hook opening downwardly as shown in Fig. 5, and the edges of the metal may be bent inwardly as shown at 25, to form a more or less rounded surface at the bottom of this hook to give a better bearing on the carrying elements.

The sides 21 are curved to fit the side walls of the barrel and are provided with openings 26 for rivets or bolts 27 for securely fastening the hooks to the barrel. This makes a very reliable construction of hook which is not easily broken in use and which may be firmly and securely attached to the barrel.

In the above illustration of the invention I have shown it on the drawing and described it as applied by way of exam le, to a barrel. It will, of course, be rea ily apparent that my improved hook is not limited to use on a barrel but is equally adapted for use on a box or any other object which it is desired to lift.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is:

1. A lifting hook adapted to be secured to the side wall of an object to be lifted comprising an integral piece of metal including a substantially V-shaped central portion having the connecting edge portion upright and extending downwardly below the lower edges of the side portions to form a hook, and integral attaching wings extending laterally from the opposite edges of the V-shaped portion, said wings having means to cooperate with means for attaching the wings to the object.

2. A lifting hook adapted to be secured to the side of an object to be lifted comprising a single integral piece of sheet metal including a central portion having adjacent upright side walls connected together at their outer edges, said connected ortion extending below the lower edges of t e side portions to form a hook, and base portions extending laterally from the other upright Ill) edges of the side wall for securing the hook to the object.

3. A lifting hook adapted to be secured to the side of an object to be lifted comprising a single integral piece of sheet metal including a central portion having adjacent upright side walls connected together at their outer edges, the top and bottom edges of said side walls being curved upwardly to form a hooked portion, and laterally and downwardly extending base portions connected to the inner upright edges of the side walls for securing the hook to the object.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES R. COE. 

